Definitions for back-formation
back-formation
back formation
Back-Formation is a 14 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 1348 anagrams from letters in back-formation (-aabcfikmnoort).
Definitions for back-formation
noun
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the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.
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a word so formed, as typewrite from typewriter.
Origin of back-formation
First recorded in 1885-90